Miko: One of my two cats, though he is honestly mom's I do a lot of the work for him too. He is diabetic due to poor breeding and poor care in the home before we got him. We got him in his senior years, he was at least 7 years old, and severely obese weighing at least 19 lbs when we got him possibly a pound or two more. His preferred weight is 16 pounds, so considering he naturally a big cat, 19-20 lbs was huge. He looked like a balloon and moved uncomfortably and couldn't jump really. It was sad. Eventually within a year of getting him he lost weight but then he lost weight to quickly. We took him in once he reach 13 pounds from 19 within six months. He got tested and surprise surprise he was diabetic. His sugars were way out of control. They suggested on getting on a purely wet food and preferably pate wet food diet. However with him, wet food of any kind is extremely hard to do, then we add our other cat into the mix who is pretty much the complete opposite and who desperately needs to free feed and it just wasn't possible. So we went with an extremely high in protein and high quality, low glycemic dry cat food... which let me tell you is horribly expensive. And then doing wet food with high protein levels that has gravy or juices however we also mix raw ground chicken into it, giving the protein boost (still keeping the soupy texture they all like), and giving a higher calorie meal for whatever amount they eat for the cat whose unable to keep as much weight on compared to Miko. Thankfully we've found a happy medium. Miko's personality, though he is expensive with some of his medical problems and his quirks with the kitty box and some foods are not always... desired, his personality makes up for all of it. He is a cat that is constantly happy to see you, and not just for food. He loves to cuddle and you can mold him like a teddy bear and he will purr the entire time. He will greet you like a dog at the door. He is stupidly curious and loves a piece of paper on the floor just as much as he loves laying on the couch. He is continuosly makes me laugh. I can tell his past people did not treat him great, though I am honestly not sure if abuse or intentional abuse was a part of it. He is afraid of feet and brooms more than he should be, he is just weird about certain things, and was much worse about it in the beginning. He was declawed and not in the best way, before we got him, which has caused some severe problems with how he walks on his paws and on how he deals with the litter box. Now that he's learned and adjusted to our house well, he loves his new life and is so happy here.
Andee: My other cat, we call her our perpetual kitten. She is absolutely tiny, loses weight extremely fast when not on the correct diet, but when she weighs the right amount she weighs a mere 7-8 lbs. She is pure cat through and through. She prefers affection when she wants it and will run away from you if you are doing something she doesn't agree with. However she has some of the cutest quirks and is absolutely loving when the sun goes down. I got her as a kitten at 3 weeks old from a neighbor across the street. She needed bottle feeding and lots of care. I still miss caring for her as a kitten.
Cleopatra (Cleo): One of my breeder leopard geckos, she is absolutely the friendliest thing considering when I first got her I didn't have to tame her at all. However I have always had to deal with too much albinism in her gene pool, to make her a safe breeding candidate. She has severe problems with seeing any sort of prey with any sort of lighting that would be considered normal for a human. She is absolutely gorgeous, but she needs to be fed a lot and very often compared to my other leos to keep a good weight on her. She is also relatively large compared to my other leos.
Amazon: Another one of my breeder leos, she is a beautiful jungle pattern leo. She has gorgeous colors and is relatively short and chubby for a normal sized leo. I call her my bull dog. She is friendly and easy to keep weight on, she also has good breeding. She eats like a champ, her favorite feeders are probably silkworms or isopods.
Phantom: A petco rescue, she is stunted and has interesting ghost morph markings. However she is hard to get growing. She is also extremely aggressive. She has the most active tail out of all my leos, her tail easily expresses her feelings more than any other leo I have ever had.
Chronos: He is my Blue Tongue Skink, he is named after the titan though I did take some liberties with the spelling. If you meet him you would know why he named as such. I can handle him easily without any sort of injuries, however he never stops complaining. When he was a juvenile we had to deal with a severe case of reptile mites with him, I bought him under the pretenses he was captive bred, however if he had been he would not have had mites. So the lesson I took away from this, pay the extra expenses for a captive bred, there is usually a good reason for it and at least know for sure if it is a reputable breeder. He loves his diet, which consists of all types of feeder insects, raw meat, raw organs, raw frozen dog food just to make sure he is getting the bones he needs in his diet, and fruit, and sometimes veggies if I can convince him to eat them.
TBC...
Andee: My other cat, we call her our perpetual kitten. She is absolutely tiny, loses weight extremely fast when not on the correct diet, but when she weighs the right amount she weighs a mere 7-8 lbs. She is pure cat through and through. She prefers affection when she wants it and will run away from you if you are doing something she doesn't agree with. However she has some of the cutest quirks and is absolutely loving when the sun goes down. I got her as a kitten at 3 weeks old from a neighbor across the street. She needed bottle feeding and lots of care. I still miss caring for her as a kitten.
Cleopatra (Cleo): One of my breeder leopard geckos, she is absolutely the friendliest thing considering when I first got her I didn't have to tame her at all. However I have always had to deal with too much albinism in her gene pool, to make her a safe breeding candidate. She has severe problems with seeing any sort of prey with any sort of lighting that would be considered normal for a human. She is absolutely gorgeous, but she needs to be fed a lot and very often compared to my other leos to keep a good weight on her. She is also relatively large compared to my other leos.
Amazon: Another one of my breeder leos, she is a beautiful jungle pattern leo. She has gorgeous colors and is relatively short and chubby for a normal sized leo. I call her my bull dog. She is friendly and easy to keep weight on, she also has good breeding. She eats like a champ, her favorite feeders are probably silkworms or isopods.
Phantom: A petco rescue, she is stunted and has interesting ghost morph markings. However she is hard to get growing. She is also extremely aggressive. She has the most active tail out of all my leos, her tail easily expresses her feelings more than any other leo I have ever had.
Chronos: He is my Blue Tongue Skink, he is named after the titan though I did take some liberties with the spelling. If you meet him you would know why he named as such. I can handle him easily without any sort of injuries, however he never stops complaining. When he was a juvenile we had to deal with a severe case of reptile mites with him, I bought him under the pretenses he was captive bred, however if he had been he would not have had mites. So the lesson I took away from this, pay the extra expenses for a captive bred, there is usually a good reason for it and at least know for sure if it is a reputable breeder. He loves his diet, which consists of all types of feeder insects, raw meat, raw organs, raw frozen dog food just to make sure he is getting the bones he needs in his diet, and fruit, and sometimes veggies if I can convince him to eat them.
TBC...
